Add Boolean constraints for ArithmeticStark (#1453)

* Constrain IS_READ to be boolean

* Constrain arithmetic flags to be boolean

* Comment on memory stark

evm/src/arithmetic/arithmetic_stark.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use plonky2::plonk::circuit_builder::CircuitBuilder;
 use plonky2::util::transpose;
 use static_assertions::const_assert;
 
-use super::columns::NUM_ARITH_COLUMNS;
+use super::columns::{op_flags, NUM_ARITH_COLUMNS};
 use super::shift;
 use crate::all_stark::Table;
 use crate::arithmetic::columns::{NUM_SHARED_COLS, RANGE_COUNTER, RC_FREQUENCIES, SHARED_COLS};
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ impl<F: RichField + Extendable<D>, const D: usize> Stark<F, D> for ArithmeticSta
         let lv: &[P; NUM_ARITH_COLUMNS] = vars.get_local_values().try_into().unwrap();
         let nv: &[P; NUM_ARITH_COLUMNS] = vars.get_next_values().try_into().unwrap();
 
+        // Flags must be boolean.
+        for flag_idx in op_flags() {
+            let flag = lv[flag_idx];
+            yield_constr.constraint(flag * (flag - P::ONES));
+        }
+
         // Check that `OPCODE_COL` holds 0 if the operation is not a range_check.
         let opcode_constraint = (P::ONES - lv[columns::IS_RANGE_CHECK]) * lv[columns::OPCODE_COL];
         yield_constr.constraint(opcode_constraint);
@@ -248,6 +254,13 @@ impl<F: RichField + Extendable<D>, const D: usize> Stark<F, D> for ArithmeticSta
         let nv: &[ExtensionTarget<D>; NUM_ARITH_COLUMNS] =
             vars.get_next_values().try_into().unwrap();
 
+        // Flags must be boolean.
+        for flag_idx in op_flags() {
+            let flag = lv[flag_idx];
+            let constraint = builder.mul_sub_extension(flag, flag, flag);
+            yield_constr.constraint(builder, constraint);
+        }
+
         // Check that `OPCODE_COL` holds 0 if the operation is not a range_check.
         let opcode_constraint = builder.arithmetic_extension(
             F::NEG_ONE,

evm/src/arithmetic/columns.rs

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ pub(crate) const IS_RANGE_CHECK: usize = IS_SHR + 1;
 pub(crate) const OPCODE_COL: usize = IS_RANGE_CHECK + 1;
 pub(crate) const START_SHARED_COLS: usize = OPCODE_COL + 1;
 
+pub(crate) const fn op_flags() -> Range<usize> {
+    IS_ADD..IS_RANGE_CHECK + 1
+}
+
 /// Within the Arithmetic Unit, there are shared columns which can be
 /// used by any arithmetic circuit, depending on which one is active
 /// this cycle.

evm/src/memory/memory_stark.rs

@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ impl<F: RichField + Extendable<D>, const D: usize> Stark<F, D> for MemoryStark<F
         let filter = local_values[FILTER];
         yield_constr.constraint(filter * (filter - P::ONES));
 
+        // IS_READ must be 0 or 1.
+        // This is implied by the MemoryStark CTL, where corresponding values are either
+        // hardcoded to 0/1, or boolean-constrained in their respective STARK modules.
+
         // If this is a dummy row (filter is off), it must be a read. This means the prover can
         // insert reads which never appear in the CPU trace (which are harmless), but not writes.
         let is_dummy = P::ONES - filter;
@@ -411,6 +415,10 @@ impl<F: RichField + Extendable<D>, const D: usize> Stark<F, D> for MemoryStark<F
         let constraint = builder.mul_sub_extension(filter, filter, filter);
         yield_constr.constraint(builder, constraint);
 
+        // IS_READ must be 0 or 1.
+        // This is implied by the MemoryStark CTL, where corresponding values are either
+        // hardcoded to 0/1, or boolean-constrained in their respective STARK modules.
+
         // If this is a dummy row (filter is off), it must be a read. This means the prover can
         // insert reads which never appear in the CPU trace (which are harmless), but not writes.
         let is_dummy = builder.sub_extension(one, filter);